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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does a student remember after reading about women being molested in Bosnia?
2. What do some of the teachers call Gruwell?
3. What types of students attend Wilson High?
4. What are the students inspired to do after reading the diaries?
5. What does a student who is a "goodie two shoes" do when shopping with her parents?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does one student decide she is not as in love with her boyfriend as she thought she was?
2. Why does one student feel like Cinderella after a dinner at the Century City Marriott?
3. Why did Zlata begin writing a diary and how did her diary evolve?
4. Why is the summer before the sophomore year the worst ever for one student?
5. What happens to a Croatian boy named Tony?
6. What is tagging?
7. Why does a student decide 'odd' is not a three-letter word, but a seven-letter word?
8. What does Zlata mean when she says we cannot erase evil from the world, but can change the way we deal with it?
9. Why are some students not allowed to go to Medieval Times?
10. Why is Zlata Filipovic pleased and honored to write a foreword for "The Freedom Writers Diary"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Diary 74, a student's mother tells him/her that "One person can make a difference that can change the world." Why does the student find that statement unbelievable? What are some examples of people the student remembers making great changes? Does the student begin to believe that one person can make a difference that changes the world? Does the student believe that s/he can make that kind of difference or that his/her fellow students can make that type of a difference? Why or why not? Provide examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
The fall semester of 1996, a student says that America is at war. Is America at war? Why or why not? What examples are provided in the book? Why do students at Wilson High School say that America is at war? Who are the combatants if America is at war?
Essay Topic 3
What does it mean "World peace is only a dream because people won't allow themselves and others around them to simply be peanuts"? Explain the meaning of the phrase, and why a student compares people to peanuts. How do peanuts compare to people? What happens if people are allowed to be peanuts? What does people living in harmony have to do with the appearance of peanuts?
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